pitch (verb)

Meaning 1 ►▼

to throw or toss

Sentence 1

She pitched a fast one to the batter and he struck out.

Meaning 2 ►▼

to make a presentation

Sentence 2

Pitch the project to the graphic artist to finish.

Derivation

Cricket was a popular sport before baseball developed in the nineteenth century. A thrown ball in cricket is a "pitch" and the cricket playing field is known as the "pitch". It may be that the word "pitch" came into baseball terminology from cricket.